Top 10 Wedding Tips

Everyone knows that there may be nothing more exciting and stressful than planning a wedding.  As a trained therapist and a married woman, I thought I would provide some tips on making it from the planning stages to the big day.  While this list is written mainly from a female perspective, I think it can help more than just future brides.

Top 10 tips for Wedding Planning and a Fun Wedding

10. If going to a bridal show, take labels with you. Those labels you get every year from AAA or other companies will work great.  These will save you time and prevent hand cramps.

9. If at such a show, when vendors start to talk to you and you don't want to chat tell them you have a best friend who is going to do that service or that you're having a destination wedding.  Don't forget to enter every give away you can.  

8. Do not assume you know what dress you will like - that style dress that you never think you will like may be the dress that you put on and fall in love with.

7.  Consider a wedding planner or a day of planner. The day of should be a day of fun, not a day of worry for those involved.

6.  Bridesmaids - bring a "day of kit" - and Kleenex.

 

5.  Be prepared to answer the question, "when are you having children?"  Discuss this answer with your fiancé ahead of time. 

4.  Go to pre-marital counseling or ask a counselor friend to put some activities/questions together for you to do. The more you know about each other the better.

3. Relax. Inevitably something will go unplanned and sometimes it is that unplanned thing that will be what brings a smile to your face when you think back to that wonderful day.

 

2. Have open communication with your spouse.  Find out what aspects of your wedding your spouse cares about.  Remember, everyone will have an opinion about your wedding (your mom, dad, grandma, best friend, sister, mom's best friend, etc) ... Determine early whose opinion you care about and imagine healthy ways to handle everyone else's opinions. 

1. Have fun! Laugh, cry, celebrate and most of all support each other. A wedding is a community coming together to bless two people who are saying that they're choosing to live in community together.  Is there anything more beautiful than that?